| 23-6166 |
Moses Moreira v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
application-notes criminal-activity criminal-assets fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-precedent manager-status participant-supervision sentencing-enhancement subordinate-participant supervision u-s-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a defendant must have exercised some direction or supervision over a subordinate participant in a criminal activity to qualify for a sentencin… |
| 22-5474 |
Romney Christopher Ellis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
communication-offense criminal-sentencing harassment intent-to-carry-out overt-acts sentencing sentencing-guidelines threat-enhancement threatening-communications u-s-sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§-2a6.1(b)(1) |
Whether the six-level offense level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2A6.1(b)(1) applies when the defendant commits no overt acts in furtherance of the th… |
| 20-5058 |
Randy Estevez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-07-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-unanimity sentencing sentencing-reasonableness u-s-sentencing-guidelines unanimity |
Whether the district court erred in not instructing the jury that it should be unanimous on the date and location of his alleged possession of the fir… |
| 19-8508 |
Javier Villar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule managerial-role motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing-enhancement standing u-s-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court and the court of appeals erred in denying the defendant's motion to suppress evidence |
| 18-8325 |
Amaury Villa v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-calculation sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standard-of-review trial-procedure u-s-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether appellant received the effective assistance of counsel? |
| 18-6171 |
Dion Terry Taylor v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review district-court-discretion district-court-proceedings inter-circuit-inconsistency pinney-dock proof-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-standard standard-of-proof standard-of-review u-s-sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§5k2.1 unraised-claims |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's 'Pinney Dock' standard for reviewing unraised claims should be clarified |